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Indonesian teenager dies of bird flu -ministry
16 Aug 2007 08:06:31 GMT
Source: Reuters
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JAKARTA, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A 17-year-old Indonesian girl has died of bird flu, taking the country's death toll from the virus to 83, a health ministry official said on Thursday.

Her death comes days after a woman living on the resort island of Bali died of the disease.

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Chickens are seen at a hennery on the outskirts of Suining, southwest China's Sichuan province October 6, 2007. The H5N1 bird flu virus has mutated to infect people more easily, although it still has not transformed into a pandemic strain, researchers said on Thursday. Picture taken October 6, 2007.


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